INFUNDIBULAR

Etymology

Adjective

infundibular (comparative more infundibular, superlative most infundibular)

Having the shape of a funnel.

(medicine) having to do with an infundibulum

Synonyms

(having the shape of a funnel): infundibuliform

(pertaining to an infundibulum): choanal

Source: Wiktionary


In`fun*dib"u*lar, In`fun*dib"u*late, a. Etym: [See Infundibulum.]

Definition: Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum. Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zoöl.),a group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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